The Chunshan United team marched all the way and gradually arrived at Longjiazhai east of Shangqiu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the afternoon, the 2nd Squadron of the 1st Brigade, which served as the vanguard, was attacked by guerrillas active in this area when passing through a small valley on the way to Longjiazhai, and the hateful thing was that these guerrillas hid in the woods on both sides of the avenue, and after firing a few shots at the 2nd Squadron, they immediately fled, so that the soldiers who were preparing to pursue could only stop with hatred.

This wave of attacks was no different from the previous attacks by the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army, in which one Imperial soldier was killed and one was wounded.

When the Japanese squadron leader heard the squad leader's report, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and ordered the dead soldiers to be reined in, and at the same time the wounded soldiers were sent to the wing hospital behind for treatment.

Since his second squadron became the vanguard of the wing, he has been harassed by the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army no less than 20 times along the way, and his squadron has lost more than a dozen soldiers and eight wounded.

This is not the most hateful, the most hateful thing is to chase all the way, the people along the way have long run out, so that I can't find a few Chinese people to vent.

As for sweeping there like in the past, getting some food, chickens and ducks and so on to improve life, it is even more impossible.

It is said that the troops who were walking behind, in a fit of rage, set fire to three villages.

But the more this happened, the more guerrilla attacks became more and more endless.

Seeing that the speed of the troops began to slow down, the Japanese squadron leader sighed, knowing that he could only camp in Longjiazhai in front.

Sure enough, as soon as he commanded the squadron to search for the empty Longjiazhai, he received an order from the captain to lead his troops to occupy a small hill three miles north of Longjiazhai.

He knew that the main force of the United Army would camp in Longjiazhai tonight.

Along the way, the soldiers of the entire wing were very tired, and as for the troops responsible for the perimeter guard like the first brigade and the second squadron, they were even more exhausted.

After leading the troops to the top of the hill, the Japanese squadron leader immediately commanded three squads to build field fortifications along the hill, and together with other troops, the Longjiazhai was strictly defended in the middle.

After Chunshan ordered the troops to camp in Longjiazhai, he immediately used the radio to report the position of his wing to the division commander. Subsequently, after receiving a call back from the division and regiment, informing that the other wings had not found the shadow of the New Fourth Army, Chunshan breathed a sigh of relief with some exhaustion.

Longjiazhai is a big village, however, this kind of village is very common in eastern Henan, generally a village is a big family, and there is a wall made of stones outside the village, there is a high watchtower on the wall, and the firepower point is arranged on it to resist the attack of bandits.

Last year's drought, Longjiazhai was not spared, the village was besieged by the swarming victims, and finally the village was broken by the crazy victims, these victims were like locusts, the whole village of food was eaten up.

In the end, the children of the Long family in the village had to leave their hometown with hatred, and less than one-tenth of the people in the whole village remained, and they all survived by eating wild vegetables.

The last time the independent division passed through this belt, they saw that many families were very poor, and tearfully left a part of the food, and at the same time left a local guerrilla force here.

This time, after the independent division identified this area as a battlefield for eliminating devils, under the mobilization of the local underground organization, Longjiazhai and the surrounding villagers evacuated in advance.

Chunshan stood at the height of the village, and when he saw the dark mountains around him, he suddenly felt an indescribable melancholy in his heart.

Last year, as an imperial soldier, he had also heard of the great drought in Henan, and he also knew that the imperial army had pretended to take out part of the grain to buy people's hearts.

This time when I arrived in eastern Henan, I really felt the tragic scene of ten rooms and nine emptiness.

The Chunshan Wing had almost 4,000 people, and naturally it was impossible for all of them to live in Longjia Village, except for the Wing Headquarters, the Directly Subordinate Team, and the Flag Protection Squadron, the rest of the troops did not enter the village, but found an open place around the village and set up field tents.

Anyway, according to the orders of the division, tomorrow they will continue to go north.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the 67th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade quietly appeared in the north of Longjiazhai, and then the 68th Regiment and the 69th Regiment appeared in the east and south of Longjiazhai.

After the troops were in place one after another, the brigade artillery regiment immediately set up mortars at the predetermined position, and at the same time, the infantry guns of a battalion of the artillery regiment directly under the division were also quickly erected on the other side.

Although it was dark now, the situation of the devil's camping around Longjiazhai had been quietly sent to the headquarters of the 22nd Brigade as early as two hours ago.

Seeing that the troops had completed their preparations for the attack, Xie Pingcai and Shi Qiang stood on a small hill, looking at the firelight from the direction of Longjiazhai, and were silent for a moment.

"Brigadier, it's time." Shi Qiang raised his wrist and looked at the time, it was exactly ten thirty-five.

"Let's go." Xie Pingcai said in a low voice, and as the staff officer sent the order to start the attack over the phone, the infantry artillery of the infantry artillery regiment directly under the division immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the area where the devils camped near Longjiazhaizi, and at the same time, the mortar unit directly under the brigade also carried out fierce artillery bombardment according to the area divided in advance.

As the rumbling cannons rang out, countless shells rained down on the head of the Chunshan Wing, and most of the officers and men of the Third Brigade stationed outside the south gate of the stockade were sleeping in the field tents. The soldiers patrolling around suddenly heard the whistling sound of cannonballs in the sky, and their faces couldn't help but change greatly, and they opened their mouths and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, hide quickly." ”

It's a pity that the warning voice was a little late, these shells fell in a blink of an eye, and countless columns of smoke rose in the entire plain field, and many shells were falling in the middle of the tents, blowing up countless tents directly, and the Japanese soldiers inside were still asleep, and they were directly blown up in all directions.

Those devils who were lucky enough not to be hit by the bombing also woke up at this time, and came out of the tent with guns in a panic, only to see that the surrounding area had been blown into a sea of fire by shells, and many soldiers were covered in fire and ran around in the field.

The first round of artillery fire of the 22 nd Brigade was concentrated on the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the Japanese Army, which were resting in the defensive circle, and as the explosions sounded one after another, the officers and men of the two brigades of the Chunshan Wing were blown up and fled in all directions, and many soldiers were directly bombed back to Japan in their sleep.

The artillery bombardment of the 22nd Brigade lasted 15 minutes, and after blowing up the 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the Chunshan Wing, it began to bombard the 1st Brigade guarding the perimeter.

Chunshan, who lived in the stockade, was startled by the earth-shattering explosion, got up with a bone, and walked to the height of the stockade surrounded by a group of Japanese officers, and saw that the location of the second and third brigades outside the stockade had already been blown into a sea of fire, and he couldn't help but feel cold.

He didn't expect that the artillery fire of the Independent Division of the New Fourth Army would be so powerful, and under this ferocious artillery fire, his second and third brigades would probably be in a catastrophe.

Thinking of this, Chunshan couldn't help gritting his teeth, "Order the artillery brigade to immediately carry out artillery strikes on the artillery positions of the New Fourth Army." The First Brigade was ordered to hold its position and not allow the New Fourth Army to storm Longjiazhai. ”

As his order was given, an officer hurriedly ran towards the artillery brigade in the small square of Longjiazhai.

At this time, more than a dozen figures wearing Japanese military uniforms quietly came out of the night.

Nakano, the commander of the artillery group of the Chunshan Wing, received the order of the wing commander and immediately drank the soldiers who had been awakened from their sleep, and began to prepare the artillery under the urgent order of the commander.

More than a dozen ammunition men, running to the ammunition pile on the side, began to carry ammunition.

Just as they lifted the oilcloth and reached for the ammunition pile, several figures suddenly flashed around them, and before the ammunition hands could react, the snowy dagger flashed through the chest like lightning, or cut the carotid artery.

All of a sudden, blood splattered from the sprinkler as it swirled between the piles of ammunition.

After killing these devils who ran to carry ammunition, the squad leader Han Sheng's hand waved, and more than a dozen soldiers immediately inserted the dagger back into the gaiters, then picked up the ammunition box and walked towards the devil's artillery position with their heads down.

The brigade commander said that their most important task was to control the artillery positions of the devils and prevent the devils from destroying the infantry guns and ammunition.

The 21st Brigade set up an infantry artillery battalion by itself, which made Xie Pingcai blush, and this time he learned that the Chunshan Wing had six infantry guns, Xie Pingcai and Shi Qiang had long been thinking about how to keep these infantry guns for themselves.

For this reason, the four combat teams of the special service battalion hid in the secret room of Longjiazhai in advance through the people of Longjiazhai before the devils arrived at Longjiazhai.

At this time, taking advantage of the artillery regiment of the brigade headquarters and the infantry artillery regiment of the division to bombard with artillery, four combat groups quietly drilled out.

But for the sake of secrecy, they all wear devil costumes.

The two combat groups commanded by Han Sheng were responsible for controlling the infantry artillery of the devils, and the other two combat groups, led by Qi Zelong, were responsible for taking advantage of the chaos to attack the wing headquarters in Chunshan.

Han Sheng waited for me to walk to the devil artillery position with the ammunition box, and the artillery captain saw them holding the ammunition box, looking a little nervous, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "Eight grids, cowards, you see where you still have the appearance of imperial soldiers." ”

When Han Sheng and the others heard this, they immediately nodded their heads and made a more respectful appearance, they walked to the infantry gun with the ammunition box that had been replaced with other things, and gently put down the ammunition box, Han Sheng saw the artillery captain walking towards him while scolding, and immediately raised his hand, made a look of wiping sweat, and quietly held a snow-bright dagger in his hand.

The captain of the artillery brigade didn't notice anything wrong at all under the reflection of the firelight, and when he walked in front of Han Sheng, he was about to raise his hand to slap him, Han Sheng suddenly raised his head, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

The captain of the devil artillery brigade couldn't help but be stunned, and realized that it was wrong, just about to shout loudly, Han Sheng had already pounced suddenly, and the bright dagger stabbed into the chest of the devil artillery captain like lightning, and then turned his hand over, and the dagger quickly withdrew after stirring in the chest of the devil artillery captain, and the devil artillery captain only felt that his mind disappeared and slowly fell. (To be continued.) )